Day: March 21, 2025

Health & Medicine

Man who took pressure cooker bomb into hospital jailed for life Farooq, who was a trainee nurse, was found guilty after his trial last year of attempting to launch an Islamic State-inspired suicide attack using a homemade bomb on the hospital where he worked in 2023.

March 21, 2025   

(Sky News) A man who took a viable pressure cooker bomb into a hospital in Leeds intending to “kill as many nurses as possible” has been jailed for life. Mohammad Farooq was sentenced to a minimum term of 37 years at Sheffield […]

Government & Politics

Poland shuts asylum door at Belarus border with EU backing Warsaw will suspend protection for new asylum seekers crossing into Poland from Belarus, PM Donald Tusk says.

March 21, 2025   

(Politico) Poland is moving ahead with a controversial new law, backed by European Union leaders, to suspend access to asylum for new arrivals crossing into the country through Belarus after accusing Moscow of weaponizing migration flows to upend security in the region. […]